All aerospace news – Page 377
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Leonardo sketches 'modular, multi-task' civil-military aircraft
ATR shareholder Leonardo intends to break the industry impasse on development of a 100-seat regional turboprop with a new programme to create a "modular and multi-task" aircraft that would also replace the Italian manufacturer's C-27J tactical airlifter.
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Russian Helicopters launches new light single
Russian Helicopters is to develop a new light single-engined helicopter for service entry early next decade.
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UTAS pursues nanotubes for aircraft ice protection
UTC Aerospace Systems has licensed a carbon nanotube-based heater technology that it believes could be ready as an electrothermal ice protection system for aircraft within three or four years, the company says.
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Lufthansa CityLine to shut Cologne MRO base
Lufthansa regional subsidiary CityLine is to close its base maintenance facility in Cologne by 2020.
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HAECO operating profit slips 70% in 2016
Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering (HAECO) recorded a HK$127 million ($16.3 million) operating profit for the year ended 31 December 2016, down nearly 70% from the previous year.
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Opinion
OPINION: Why Bell had to impress with FCX concept
For all its storied history of aviation firsts, Bell Helicopter has in recent years become stuck in a rut.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Lightning Strike powered by Honeywell's electric breakthrough
If hybrid-electric propulsion ever becomes a primary source of aviation thrust, the industry must invent a new kind of highly efficient electric generator small enough for an aircraft yet powerful enough to generate thrust.
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GAMECO starts first A380 3C-check
Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance and Engineering (GAMECO) has started work on its first 3C-check on an Airbus A380 operated by China Southern Airlines.
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Bell celebrates first 505 delivery into light-single market
Bell Helicopter made the first delivery of the 505 light-single helicopter in a 7 March ceremony during Heli-Expo, returning to a market segment the company popularised with the 206 JetRanger almost 50 years ago.
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Heli-expo deals evoke optimism, but forecasts paint darker picture
Two helicopter lessors delivered an overdue dose of optimism with a flurry of order announcements during Heli-Expo, but a major industry forecast paints a long-term pessimistic picture of the industry’s health.
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Boeing defends 737 Max 10 after lessors demur
A day after two lessors held back from endorsing the 737 Max 10X, a top Boeing executive defended the company’s proposed double-stretch of its re-engined single-aisle now being offered to customers.
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Bell, Robinson helicopters embrace lithium ion batteries
Lithium-ion batteries are quickly emerging as a popular engine-start system in the light-single helicopter market, replacing larger and heavier nickel cadmium or lead acid batteries in several new types.
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Kaman searches for new orders to extend K-Max production
Kaman faces a decision within 60 days to produce a second batch of K-Max helicopter on a recently revived assembly line, says Terry Fogarty, the company's business development director.
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Thai links with Airbus to set up MRO facility
Thai Airways International has reached a tentative deal with Airbus to establish a new maintenance operation at U-Tapao.
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Marenco announces new launch customer for SH09
Swiss helicopter start-up Marenco announced the Skye SH09 single-engined will enter service with at least two launch customers in 2019.
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Sikorsky adds real-time tracking to PHI's S-92 fleet
Sikorsky has added real-time aircraft tracking and health monitoring for the S-92 fleet operated by Louisiana-based PHI, leveraging a satellite communications system designed to transmit and receive data through the heavylift helicopter’s rotor wash.
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MD Helicopters unveils MD6XX mock-up, MD969 changes
MD Helicopters will chase new military and civil helicopter orders with a newly-unveiled MD6XX in the 2.5t single-engine class and a re-branded and re-imagined modernisation of the light-twin MD902 Explorer called the MD969.
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HELI-EXPO: Bell unveils FCX concept helicopter
Bell Helicopter has taken the wraps off a new concept rotorcraft at this year’s Heli-Expo, designed to showcase the manufacturer’s renewed focus on innovation under the direction of chief executive Mitch Snyder.
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HELI-EXPO: Leonardo plans tiltrotor prototype flight in 2023
Leonardo Helicopters has detailed plans to test and fly a prototype of a second-generation civil tiltrotor by 2023 as a successor to the developmental AW609. However, this marks a two-year delay over its most recent timeline for the project.
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HELI-EXPO: AW209 launch awaits clarity on Part 27 rewrite: Leonardo Helicopters chief
Leonardo Helicopters is waiting for clarity on regulatory reform efforts before launching a secretive light-twin helicopter called the AW209, says managing director Daniele Romiti.